Safety device



NOV. 5, 1940. WALLACE 2,220,592

SAFETY DEVICE Filed May 20, 1938 5 flM INVENTOR.

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Patented Nov. 5, 1940 I I v UNlTED STATES PATENT FFlCE- SAFETY DEVICE Winfield n. Wallace, Milwaukie, 0reg., assignor to Clarence W. Johnston,'Portland, Oreg.

Application May 20, 1938, Serial No. 209,033

1 Claim. (Cl. 24-87) m invention relates to improvements in a each of the pins ll is swiveled so as to turn safety device, commonly used in fastening infreely and relatively of the chain and the other fants garments, which consists of two safety pins pin. There can, therefore, be no binding or fastened together y nn in l m n as tangling of the chain, and no consequent disshown in e d aw by y other flexi e comfiture to the wearer. 5 edi and the je t of my improvement are, Primarily, the device is intended for fastening first, o prevent the swallowing of the safe y p n infants garments, an important attribute thereof y infants; o to prevent 511 8 misplacbeing to forestall the swallowing of a safety P s o e o t other o e p by an infant, or the danger of losing a pin among I attain these objects by the device illustrated t infant' t m or i m in the accompanying drawing, in which- I claim;

Figure 1 is an illustration of the entire device; A device for pinning infants m 1 t Figure 2 is an elevation showing the particular f a of safety pins having unguarded relation of the head or ball chain connection with v e unfastened, each'of i safety pins having a spring loop of wire ending in return The device illustrated in the drawing mprise5 bends which form the body of said pin, one Safety pins F4, @8011 P 119M118 Spring of said return bends forming the point of 4 of w P tion d at one end of the P n said pin, a swivel ball chain consisting of a tween e return ds of t e wi e. the pi s. l series of balls with interconnecting links conbeing interwnneeted y swivel bell h in th necting said safety pins, the end balls of said no end balls of which chain e ecured W hin h chain being slightly smaller than the said sprin 98 0f e respective pins. Each end ball loops of wire, the interconnecting link for each of the chain 2 is inserted into the loop 4 of one of said end balls passing between juxtaposed safety pin in such manner that the chain link 3 bends of said loop so that each of said end balls extends from between the bends of the loop 4 of is held within the loop, the swivel chain being as the pin, thus preventing displacement of the ball constructed and arranged for relative rotation of from the loop 4. its parts and of the two safety pins.

Eachballofthechainlisswiveledsoasto turn on each adjacent ball. by reason of which W I WALLACE- 

